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"When I entered this sublime wilderness the day was nearly done. The trees with rosy, glowing countenances seemed to be hushed and thoughtful, as if waiting in conscious religious dependence on the sun, and one walked softly and awestricken among them." -John Muir, writing of Giant Forest, which he explored and named

... now lives and trains in the gym. This gym has some pretty tough fighters including Josh Kosheck and Chris Honeycutt. I pictured these guys to be pretty crazy and wanting to kill each other. Josh Kosheck is a multi millionaire who will probably be in the UFC Hall of Fame someday. He is known as the villain or bad boy in the UFC and he was a really calm guy. He was also ...

... of all the tree to fit into ;) .... we walk around General Grove which is filled with these massive, enormous, humongous .... in other words "BIG" trees. There is a tree that has fallen over in the 1800's and it was hollow inside. Just imagine the size of this tree laying down, it was used as a stable to house 32 horses, people at one stage lived in the tree and made it their home.

... then remembered the main reason for getting up early and that was to meet some press at the airport.

We got out to the airport a little late (7:50 AM.) There were already two local media stations out there and I gave a general welcome and thanked everyone for coming. The morning was full of many emotions; I am not even usually an emotional guy. There were many prayers and we actually had the trip blessed for safe ...